DBA Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Database Administrator
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £501, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.15% - 3.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £501 - £491
90th Percentile - - £496
North East median daily rate £501 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 624 208 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 93.27% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 142 89
10th Percentile £313 £200 £323
25th Percentile £400 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £576 £555 £538
90th Percentile £675 £650 £639
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 12 13
10th Percentile £25.00 £11.69 £11.63
25th Percentile £62.50 £12.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £66.25 £13.25 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +400.19% -42.41% -28.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.13 £70.00
90th Percentile - £20.63 -
North East median hourly rate £68.47 £13.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +426.69% -39.53% -33.85%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

DBA job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

DBA
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £501 - 1
DBA
North East

DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Tyne and Wear region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle